I'm a published cave photographer!

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Amy

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Like...officially! I was contacted to license some of my photos for an article!

I didnt come up with the headline but i guess daredevil sells lol. The article is pretty well written! It showcases the SCCi (Southeastern Cave Conservancy) very well and puts cavers in a good conservation light. Which for here is a big thing since it seems every news story about caves has to have a rescue or mention of WNS. SCCi is amazing and we protect and conserve caves for safe enjoyment.

I'm super excited so I thought I'd share it here. No comments about it being the Mail :p they did get all the facts straight.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152133/Heart-stopping-pictures-daredevil-caver-descend-162-foot-pitch-black-abyss.html
 
Roger W

Roger W

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Yep!  I was glad to read that the brave US climber was in fact suspended by a rope as he abseiled down.  Reckon he'd have gone a lot faster without one!

But great pictures, Amy.  Well done!
 
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Fulk

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Hi Amy, well done.

Getting your pictures published is great ? I hope that they paid well for them . . . . . ?  :)  I'd have been proud to have taken those photos.

Good luck,
 
caving_fox

caving_fox

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"The fearless pair rest on a ledge at the start of their journey deep into the earth"

Would that be one of those ledges covered in rare ferns in need of convervation?!  ;)

Great pictures.  (y)
 
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Amy

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caving_fox said:
"The fearless pair rest on a ledge at the start of their journey deep into the earth"

Would that be one of those ledges covered in rare ferns in need of convervation?!  ;)

Great pictures.  (y)
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no the ferns are down in the cave. They were up at a rig point. Yeah we actually have bolts to rig off of for this cave! Lol shocking isn't it???
 
barrabus

barrabus

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Well done Amy, nice photos.

Getting your photos published is always good. I'll never forget the first time I had a photo published: it was for the Fell & Rock Climbing Club Lake District Rock guidebook. Ten years later and people are still buying it.
 
Alex

Alex

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Well done Amy, far better than my efforts. I keep meaning to get a slave flash, my only issue is getting people to stand still long enough for the set up.
 
langcliffe

langcliffe

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Alex said:
Well done Amy, far better than my efforts. I keep meaning to get a slave flash, my only issue is getting people to stand still long enough for the set up.
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You can actually get some pretty good photographs without any setting up. A friend of mine has a slave unit which he simply holds away from his body, and he takes some pretty good photos without anybody noticing that he's doing it.
 
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Amy

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langcliffe said:
Alex said:
Well done Amy, far better than my efforts. I keep meaning to get a slave flash, my only issue is getting people to stand still long enough for the set up.
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You can actually get some pretty good photographs without any setting up. A friend of mine has a slave unit which he simply holds away from his body, and he takes some pretty good photos without anybody noticing that he's doing it.
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Yeah part of my whole thing is minimal kit. I snap off a few good shots in the time others take dozens and get nothing free of halos and dust sparkles and such. Few of people I regularly cave with especially one I work really well with and it takes really no time at all.
 
Alex

Alex

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Its getting the daren drum out and putting the tripod down that takes the time, but if I just have the camera in my shoulder pocket like I have been doing recently then that time is gone, I can take "hand-held" night shots which look okay, but slightly out of focus:

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But not as good as the long exposure ones:

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